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Final Exhortations

13 Brotherly love must continue. Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.[a] Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them,[b] and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:2 sn This is a vague allusion to people described in scripture and extra-biblical literature and may include Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:2-15), Lot (Gen 19:1-14), Gideon (Judg 6:11-18), Manoah (Judg 13:3-22), and possibly Tobit (Tob 12:1-20).
  2. Hebrews 13:3 tn Grk “as being imprisoned together.”
  3. Hebrews 13:3 tn Or “since you too are vulnerable”; Grk “you also being in the body.”

Service Well-Pleasing to God

13 Let mutual affection continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.(A) Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.[a]

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  1. 13.3 Gk were in the body